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On this Second Day before our wedding,
Thursday, I am reflecting on this beautiful tabernacle and sharing the hymn that
Kelly has chosen for Holy Communion because it was on a Thursday
that Our Lord shared in the Last Supper,
our first Mass as His Sacred Gift of Presence.

Kelly has chosen 'Panis Angelicus'
written by Saint Thomas Aquinas to be sung by the cantor.
I love hearing it sung in Latin,
even as I cherish the simplicity of the English translation below.
This beautiful prayer is my prayer of petition for Kelly and Jordan
as they begin their new life together.


Bread of Angels,
made the bread of men;
The Bread of heaven
puts an end to all symbols:
A thing wonderful!
The Lord becomes our food:
poor, a servant, and humble.
We beseech Thee,
Godhead One in Three
That Thou wilt visit us,
as we worship Thee,
lead us through Thy ways,
We who wish to reach the light
in which Thou dwellest.
Amen.

Saint Thomas Aquinas